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Reinventing Politics - Updating Democracy
The Center for Integral Politics (CIP) works towards a paradigm shift in politics by enhancing more collaborative mindsets and co-creative practices in politics as a prerequisite for revitalizing political cultures and updating democratic institutions in view of strengthening and deepening democracy in Europe.
The multiple crises of our time make clear the degree of urgency of the challenge of comprehensively reorganizing and regenerating our ways of life, including our political, economic and social systems, and to make them more responsive to the needs of both fellow-citizens and planet Earth.
The vision of integral and metamodern politics offers a variety of approaches and methods for a profound transformation of society and politics, with the help of which new, much more effective, global solutions can be found.
The (CIP) bundles and consolidates IFIS' activities in the field of integral political culture and social design. It connects, coordinates and integrates existing theoretical perspectives and practical approaches of integral/metamodern/TEAL politics, promotes and disseminates research results and best practices, and provides advice and interventions.
For an overview of the 10 essential principles of integral politics, click here.
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Areas of work, formats and activities
The Center for Integral Politics encompasses research and development in the area of integral and metamodern politics, as well as educational, training and other experiential formats. The latter are bundled in the School for Integral Politics.
Narratives
Youtube channel "Pioneers of Politics" (POP)
- POP international: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA6qwtXz8pmiIstkKLoRMulhpkor0RUZg
- German language channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrgFBh-CUkuNE9hEKessQyQ
Integral Politics Conference 2026, co-hosted by Integral Politics International
Research & Development
- Updating Democracy: towards new operating systems for the ways we do politics, cooperation with the Co-Creation Foundation
- Trauma and Democracy, together with Pocket Project and Mehr Demokratie
EU-Projects:
- Cohere+ (formerly FITT for Change, 2022-2025), Project description
- Leadership for Transition (LiFT) - Politics (2019-2022),
Short Project summary,detailed Project description.
Experiential Spaces
Integral Political Salons
- European Integrael Political Salon (EIPS, since January 2023)
- German language Salon (IPS, Since 6.7.2021)
- Integral Political Salon (on site)
Dialog Facilitation
- Dialog processes for transcending polarization
- Round Tables
(for specific sessions see events)
IFIS Online Colloquium
Sessions focusing on politics: https://www.ifis-freiburg.de/en/online-colloquium
Training
Keynotes, Seminars, Workshops
(for details see events and news & blog)
Policy Design and Consulting
Contact us at info
ifis-freiburg [dot] de (info[at]ifis-freiburg[dot]de)
Selected Publications on Integral Politics:
- Elke Fein et al.: Foundations, Principles and Inspirational Resources of Integral Politics (2023), Ahrensburg: Tredition-Verlag, available as Softcover, Hardcover and E-Book
- Publications of the LiFT Politics Project: http://leadership-for-transition.eu/?page_id=984
Ressources and Links on Integral Politics:
- The Daily Alternative: https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative
- Building a New Culture (BNC)
- Link list on integral politics in Special Issue "Integral Politics (partly in German)
- Podcast The Daily Evolver (Jeff Salzman): https://www.dailyevolver.com
- Podcast Thinking Ahead (Carter Phipps): https://carterphipps.com/podcast/
- Politics Reinvented - collection of ideas: https://politicsreinvented.eu/
- Lex Paulson on next stage politics and collective intelligence